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Holy Thursday (Cycle C) Jn. 13:1-15: Homily of Saint Augustine (Commentary on the Gospel of John 56,1-3) “When the Lord was washing the feet of the disciples: He approached Simon Peter; and Peter says unto Him: Lord, are you going to wash my feet? Who would not be filled with fear if the Son…...

As Augustinian Recollects we have lived with gratitude and surprise the Consistory on the 14th of February in which our brother José Luis Lacunza, Bishop of David in Panama, was made a Cardinal. The Pope summed up perfectly the meaning of this responsibility: “In the Church all government comes forth from charity, is developed in […]

The Program of the Renewal Course for Europe which will take place in Rome, on June 21 to July 18, has just gone public. To the threefold topic of reflection is added the incentive of the particular experience of prayer and of living together in the privileged atmosphere of the Eternal City.

The Augustinian Recollects are evangelizing the bank of River Purús, in the state of the Amazonas, for 90 years. They arrived first at Lábrea, and from there they evangelized the small riverside communities. Later on the municipalities of Canutama, Pauní and Tapauá were established.

José Manual González Durán is a well-known Augustinian Recollect song writer. Fifteen years of activity, with four discs and a good number of concerts to his credit support his reputation. Now, in the context of the Year of Consecrated Life, he presents a new project, that is entitled “Descalced” . He explains to…

The 6th Chapter of the Province of St. Ezekiel Moreno, which started in Cebu last February 17th, has elected a new prior provincial in the person of Fray Dionisio Selma. He was the person most voted by the religious of the Province. During the last triennium, Fray Selma was the Vicar of the Province and President of the Secretariat of…

Last Tuesday, February 17, the Chapter of the Province of St. Ezekiel Moreno began in Cebu, Philippines. This province covers Taiwan, Sierra Leone and the Philippine Islands. Fr. General presides in the chapter. It falls on the 26 capitulars to draft the life and missión Project of the Province, as well as elect the one…

For the first time in the history of the Order, an Augustinian Recollect has become a Cardinal. On February 14, together with other 19 Bishops and Archbishops, Mons. José Luis Lacunza was made Cardinal by the Pope. The next day, Sunday, a very solemn Eucharistic celebration, with Pope Francis as the Presider, was held at the Basilica…

“Pilgrims” is a plan of formation for the Secular Augustinian Recollect Fraternities, based in a collection of 14 pamphlets planned as a pedagogical tool for the formation of aspirants in the Fraternities throughout the Order. It has been elaborated with great care and has already been distributed in most countries. The…

The augustinian recollect Jaazeal Jakosalem, better known as Brother Tagoy, turns to be an artist committed to the poor and the ecology. For this year 2015, Year of Consecrated Life in the whole world and Year of the Poor in the Philippines, he was commissioned to paint the official icon to be presented on the 2nd of February, Day of…

When bishop Lacunza had scarcely begun to take on board the idea of his new position, this official site of the Order of Augustinian Recollects put to him a few simple question, to which he was kind enough to reply.

29 March 2015 Palm Sunday (B) Mk. 14: 1–15, 47: Homily of Saint Augustine (S. 218C, 2) «So, we ought not only be ashamed of the death of our Lord, but, in truth, we must put all our hope in it, and to boast only in it. In fact, receiving…